Concord
Thursday 31 Jan
My dear Sir,
You may
be sure I have not for-
gotten my duties, no,
nor my social hopes
for Sunday. My wife
sends her thankful
salutations to Mrs
Dudley & yourself.
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I would very gladly
accept your friendly
proposition, but
she considers herself
held at home by
an engagement. Mr
Alcott holds his class
for conversation at
our house, on Saturday
Eve: and the more I go
away, the more she
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must abide.
In this plight, I
do not see that
I can come to you
till Sunday after
lecture.
I think I will call
my discourse, “Natural
Religion.” Perhaps
it is needless to advertise
it so. But you shall do
as you choose. Faithfully,
R. W. Emerson
Mr Dudley